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we had 10 turkey vultures's soaring around here on the island today
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From: Richard Stern
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Turkey Vultures... + recent trip
Hi,
I agree with Dave and Sharon's observations re: Brier Island. Also, for the last 10 years or so they have been encroaching into other areas of SW NS, esp. Yarmouth Co. Now in the last year or so there are more and more sightings from elsewhere in the province, as Joan Cz. has noted. They seem to be regular now in scattered areas of King's Co., and for the last 2-3 years ther has beeen a small group (? family) between Middleton and the 101. There was apparently a nest found a number of years ago on Digby Neck, but it was kept pretty secret.
Liz and I have just come back from 10 days visiting friends in N. and S.Carolina, where they were in small flocks in the sky nearly all the time and everywhere (the Vultures, not the friends!). It was not really a birding trip, although I did see 88 species, and I was able to re-acquaint myself with the songs of Carolina Wrens, Towhees, Cardinals, Tufted Titmice, Scarlet Tanagers, E.Bluebirds, a Chuck-Will's Widow, etc., and was also able to take a lot of photos. Oddly enough, although I was thrilled by all those southern species that we only occasionally see in NS, the "best bird" was an alternate plumaged Blackpoll Warbler, foraging by a stream in a wooded area in a subdivision in Cary, near Raleigh - I suspect most unusual in that situation.
Richard
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Dave/Sharon <dash.bi@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
It would be interesting to know where these birds were observed originally in the maritimes. Here on Brier Island they have been residents for 20 yrs or more. This is of course a questimate but should be in the ball park. Some of our senior Birders should have some info on this.
Dave
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Dr.Richard Stern,
70 Exhibition St.
Kentville, NS, Canada
B4N 4K9
Richard Stern,
317 Middle Dyke Rd.
Port Williams, NS, Canada
B0P 1T0
rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
rbstern@xcountry.tv
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>we had 10 turkey vultures's soaring around here on
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<DIV
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<A title=sternrichard@gmail.com href="mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">Richard
Stern</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Turkey
Vultures... + recent trip</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>I agree with Dave and Sharon's observations re:
Brier Island. Also, for the last 10 years or so they have been encroaching
into other areas of SW NS, esp. Yarmouth Co. Now in the last year or so there
are more and more sightings from elsewhere in the province, as Joan Cz. has
noted. They seem to be regular now in scattered areas of King's Co., and for
the last 2-3 years ther has beeen a small group (? family) between Middleton
and the 101. There was apparently a nest found a number of years ago on Digby
Neck, but it was kept pretty secret.<BR><BR>Liz and I have just come back from
10 days visiting friends in N. and S.Carolina, where they were in small flocks
in the sky nearly all the time and everywhere (the Vultures, not the
friends!). It was not really a birding trip, although I did see 88 species,
and I was able to re-acquaint myself with the songs of Carolina Wrens,
Towhees, Cardinals, Tufted Titmice, Scarlet Tanagers, E.Bluebirds, a
Chuck-Will's Widow, etc., and was also able to take a lot of photos. Oddly
enough, although I was thrilled by all those southern species that we only
occasionally see in NS, the "best bird" was an alternate plumaged Blackpoll
Warbler, foraging by a stream in a wooded area in a subdivision in Cary, near
Raleigh - I suspect most unusual in that
situation.<BR><BR>Richard<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Dave/Sharon <<A
href="http://dash.bi">dash.bi</A>@<A
href="http://ns.sympatico.ca">ns.sympatico.ca</A>> wrote:<BR>
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would be interesting to know where these birds were observed originally in
the maritimes. Here on Brier Island they have been residents for 20 yrs or
more. This is of course a questimate but should be in the ball park. Some of
our senior Birders should have some info on this.<BR><FONT
color=#888888>Dave <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>--
<BR>#################<BR>Dr.Richard Stern, <BR>70 Exhibition St.<BR>Kentville,
NS, Canada<BR>B4N 4K9<BR><BR>Richard Stern, <BR>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<BR>Port
Williams, NS, Canada<BR>B0P 1T0<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca">rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR><A
href="mailto:rbstern@xcountry.tv">rbstern@xcountry.tv</A><BR><A
href="mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</A><BR>###################
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